To, Too, and Two: How To Know the Difference

A problem I see a lot on this site (as well as other sites) is that some authors have no clue which word (to, too, two) to use in their sentence. Although we are taught in school, I understand how easy it is to forget sometimes. That's why I've created this tutorial!


To:

Examples:

Ex. 1: "I would like to go to the park today."

Ex. 2: "Will you bring that dog to me?"

Ex. 3: "He pressed the towel to his face."

As a preposition, the word to can be used to express motion or direction to a point, person, place, or thing (see ex. 1 and 2). This word may also express touching or contact (see ex. 3).

In other cases, this word is also used as a closed point, such as: "Would you please pull the door to?" (Would you please pull the door closed?)

Also a popular use of the word, to is used to express a state of consciousness: "After she came to, she was quite confused of the situation."

Too:

Examples:

Ex. 1: "Can I come, too?"

Ex.2: "That's too much cheese!"

Ex. 3: "You have too many dolls."

Ex. 4: "Me too!"

The word too is often another way to express also, for instance: instead of saying, "We're also going to go see Elaine," one might say, "We're going to see Elaine, too." (see ex. 1)

As in ex. 2 and 3, this word can also mean an excessive extent or degree: "It's too hot outside to play football!"

This may also be used to express an affirmative statement (see ex. 4).

Two:

Examples:

Ex. 1: "I need two hotdogs, please."

Ex. 2: "I got 2 tickets to paradise."

Two is a cardinal number. A symbol for this word is: 2 (see ex. 1 and 2).


I really hope that this tutorial was helpful for some of you! I'm sorry if someone has already made one like this, but I couldn't find it so I made one myself. Thanks for reading!

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